CCTV sells advert slots
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2005-09-22 14:39

China Central Television started selling advertisement slots for the launch of Shenzhou VI, although the launch date of the Shenzhou VI manned space flight is still kept top secret.

China Central Television is offering advertising slots ranging from 2.56 million yuan (US$31.4 million) for five seconds to 8.56 million yuan for 30 seconds, the Beijing Modern Commercial Daily reported.

The flight, China's second manned space flight, is scheduled to take place next month, but the specific date has not been announced.

Two astronauts are expected to orbit the Earth for five days in a mission different for the Shenzhou V that orbited the Earth 14 times in a 21-hour flight in 2003.

CCTV will broadcast live the Shezhou VI launch and its return to Earth. Shenzhou V and the four previous unmanned Shenzhou flights were shown to the public only in a delayed broadcast.

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